March 28, 2024

Walden Plans Overdose Awareness Event

Walden Be the Light 2016 overdose event

Walden‘s Beacon of Hope will hold an event, Be the Light, on Friday, Sept. 2, to observe International Overdose Awareness. Walden will offer two local options for those who wish to “Remember, Heal and Prevent” the losses to drug overdose.

First, the “Be the Light: Overdose Awareness” event Sept. 2 will include a candlelight gathering program at 8:30 pm and a Luminary Lit Labyrinth for meditation. The event will be held outdoors with inside options in the event of inclement weather. Second, Beacon of Hope also will have silver ribbons, the official color of overdose awareness, available from Aug. 28 through Sept. 2.

StressFor more information on “Wear Silver” and other efforts, click here, call Walden at 301-997-1300, ext. 804 or email [email protected]. Beacon of Hope Recovery Community Center is in Millison Plaza at 21770 FDR Blvd. in Lexington Park, MD, behind Family Dollar.

Walden would like to remind the community that the organization is always here to help the community. A 24-hour crisis hotline (301-863-6661) has been funded by St. Mary’s County for more than 40 years and has now taken roughly half a million calls. Walden’s goal is to assist individuals and families in crisis to safely stabilize their crisis situation.

Walden’s services are available to anyone with any type of crisis in St. Mary’s County. Crisis services can be accessed a few different ways: call the 24-hour crisis hotline (301-863-6661) anytime, connect with one of Walden’s collaborative partners, and come in to the Hope Place office in Lexington Park for same-day, walk-in access.

Hotline associates are available to assist individuals with safety planning, assessing their support system, referral to legal aid, linkage to shelter, mental health and substance use programs, as well as recovery support services. Walden helps thousands of local citizens each year. No matter what the issue, the staff are ready to provide support and assistance. Call anytime day or night at 301-863-6661. Staff members are ready to listen.

Walden has pledged to continue to bring Southern Maryland “Help for today. Hope for tomorrow” with a range of traditional and non-traditional behavioral health options. Recovery Support services at Beacon of Hope, Walden’s Recovery Community Center located in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park, are free and open to the public services delivered by peers — those with life experience and training — with many individualized and group peer support options. The Cove/DFZ’s clubhouse for 12- to 17-year-olds is also free.

For more information about Walden Behavioral Health visit their Leader Member Page.

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